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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1993
TOUGHER RULES FOR AMUSEMENT GAME CENTRES
THE AMUSEMENT GAME CENTRES ORDINANCE WILL COME INTO EFFECT TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
UNDER THE ORDINANCE, LICENSED AMUSEMENT GAME CENTRES WILL BE CATEGORISED INTO TWO TYPES: THOSE FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE REACHED 16 YEARS OF AGE AND THOSE FOR CHILDREN BELOW THAT AGE.
LICENSEES WILL BE REQUIRED TO DISPLAY A NOTICE IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH AT THE ENTRANCE TO EACH CENTRE SHOWING THE AGE RESTRICTION ON ENTRY.
THOSE PERSONS WHOSE AGE FAILS TO MEET THE RESTRICTION WILL REFUSED ENTRY BY CENTRE OPERATORS.
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"OTHER THAN THOSE AUTHORISED AND EXEMPTED PERSONS, ANYONE WHO HAS REACHED THE AGE OF 16 ENTERING A CENTRE FOR CHILDREN BELOW THE AGE OF 16 WITHOUT A REASONABLE EXPLANATION MAY COMMIT AN OFFENCE.
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CONVICTION, THE MAXIMUM PENALTY IS A FINE OF $50,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING AUTHORITY SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED AMUSEMENT GAME CENTRE OPERATORS TO STRICTLY COMPLY WITH THE LICENCE CONDITIONS.
"ANYONE CONVICTED OF CONTRAVENING CONDITION OF THE LICENCE IS LIABLE TO A FINE OF $50,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS.
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"THERE WILL BE HEAVIER PENALTY FOR A RECURRENT CONTRAVENTION. ADDITION, LICENSEES MAY HAVE THEIR LICENCE SUSPENDED, REVOKED OR RENEWED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING, HE SAID.
AIRPORT WORKS PROGRESS WELL
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SEVEN GOVERNMENT PROJECTS UNDER THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME IS PROGRESSING WELL, THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR S K KWEI, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
ALL THE PROJECTS ARE PROCEEDING PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES, HE ADDED.
ACCORDING TO BUDGET AND
MR KWEI WAS SPEAKING AT A RETIREMENT CEREMONY ON THE SITE OF THE TSING MA BRIDGE, ONE OF SEVERAL MAJOR BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY PROJECTS OF THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME BEING BUILT UNDER THE AUSPICES HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT.
OF THE
HE WILL PROCEED ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE ON DECEMBER 3, AFTER 36 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
THE
HE SAID THE PROJECTS FORMED AN INTEGRAL PART OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT WHICH WOULD UNDERPIN HONG KONG'S CONTINUING GROWTH WELL INTO THE NEXT CENTURY.
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